of the united states. >>> on wall street here in new york, a mixed finish. s&p and nasdaq slightly up. the dow losing a bit, down 17 1/2 points. >>> they were three young women out for a drive this past sunday evening in dickinson, north dakota. college students, all of them. all of them teammates on the softball team. some time that night, they made two frantic calls for help and then nothing, not a sign of them for days. until we received some tragic news tonight. nbc's john yang has the latest. he is just outside bismarck, north dakota. john, what an awful turn this story has taken. >> reporter: it really is, brian. just word from authorities in dickinson, north dakota, that these three young women have been found in a jeep in a pond. all three are dead. the officials say that they don't suspect foul play. it looks like a tragic accident. a very sad ending to a mystery that began, though, over this weekend. late sunday night, two brief, scratchy panic cell phone calls for help from three college students to a friend. then the light went dead. >> she got the call. they were talking something
